LET’S READ, LET’S WRITE

Dear students, please open this link  http://www.istruzione.it/esame_di_stato/Secondo_Ciclo/tracce_prove_scritte/2014/allegati/PL0A.pdf You will find some mock tests for your final exams. Focus on the ENGLISH language and have  a try at the Literary Text and /or at the Newspaper Article. If you want your training to be effective please respect these rules: Read the text and answer the questions…

POETS CORNER: W.OWEN

Dear students, please read “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” – written in 1917/18 by the ‘War Poet ‘ Wilfred Owen, when he was about your age. Why does the poet say that “dulce et decorum” is “an old lie”? What meaning/s can you, as a young adult,  find in the poem? Which poem/s…

POETS CORNER: A. TENNYSON

Dear students, please read “Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson, who was Poet Laureate of England and Ireland durng the reign of Queen Victoria. The poem was published in 1833. Enjoy the poem – listen to the music of its language, analyse it, dwell on its main themes, then focus on its last lines and say:…

POETS CORNER: JOHN DONNE

Dear students, please read this poem, which is an ancient one… it was published in England in 1624 by the greatest Metaphysical poet, John Donne. Enjoy the poem and say: how can this little poem be modern, even nowadays? how can it connect to ” Spoon River Anthology”? Please post post your comments on the…